Arrivers Dinner

After orientation these missionaries are ready for dinner and to find out who their

Trainers and new companions will be. 

President Parker getting to know this great new senior couple!

Elder and Sister Buckner preparing another feast!  

Sister Hayden-Smith and Sister Cobbley already helping out!

So fun to have the missionaries and soon to be trainers from Darwin joining us on skype!

Welcome Elder Duckworth, Sister Shakespear and Elder MacDonald.

New companions and trainers:  Sister Brougha and Sister Barker will be training 

Sister Wanichapong!

Sister Starling and Sister Caesar will be training Sister Beijerling!

Sister Brooks will be training Sister Cobbley!

Elder and Sister Miles were happy to hear they will be companions:) and will be

Serving in the office!

Elder Shum will be training Elder Powell.  Here Elder Maiava joins them as he will be 

Serving in Alice Springs with Elder Duckworth!

Elder Maiava meeting Elder Duckworth on skype!

Elder Liao will be training Elder Erdenechimeg!

Elder Nayusan will be serving in Darwin and being trained by Elder MacDonald.

Sister Hayden-Smith will also be headed to Darwin.  Her trainer is the wonderful

Sister Shakespear!

This great missionary, Elder Didkovskyi’s trainers are elder Peihopa and Elder Maddock.

Elder Maddock was sick tonight so they were unable to join us. But he is still smiling!

And running the whole evening are these two great assistants to the President, Elder

Pickett and Elder Miller.  Working so diligently and some long hours these two

Make things happen!  Love you heaps Elders!

Arrivers

Joining this great group of missionaries we just picked up today are Elder Didkovskyi 

And Elder Powell who arrived a couple of weeks ago. Back at the Mission home

Ready for orientation.

Elder and Sister Miles

Sister Beijerling!

Sister Wanichapong!

Sister Hayden-Smith!

Sister Cobbley!

Elder Erdenechimeg!

Elder Nayusan!

Elder Maiava!

Arrivers

And the next plane we welcomed brought a few more wonderful missionaries!!  

Like I said-its like Christmas!  This  is Elder  Erdenechimeg from Ulaanbaatar,

Mongolia. Rejoicing to welcome this great Elder and looking forward to the

Miracles he will bring!  We love you Elder  Erdenechimeg.

Welcome Elder  Nayusan from La Trinidad, Philippines. Miracles have got to happen 

With this great smile!  We are so grateful to welcome you to the AAM.  We love you. 

Nothing but joy when new missionaries arrive!

Elder Maiava giving us a hand with the luggage.

A whole lotta luggage with a whole bunch of new missionaries:). We are headed back to 

The Mission Office for some lunch and orientation.  So excited and grateful for all of these

Great new missionaries. 

Leadership and Arrivers

On a gorgeous day in Adelaide, Leadership meetings are held with all new leaders

In the AAM.  Front: Sister Training Leaders-Sister Lousi, Sister Afualo, Sister Brough,

Sister Starling, Sister Caesar.  Middle: President and Sister Parker, Elder Hayes, Elder

Ivory, Elder Cho, Elder Salguero, Elder Miague, Elder Salcedo, Elder Chen, Elder Liao,

Elder Messer, Elder Pickett. Back: Elder AuWong, Elder Peihopa, Elder Miller, Elder

Kuru, Elder Masten, Elder Maddock, Elder Atkinson, Elder Rogers, Elder Anderson,

Elder Ross, Elder Shum.joining us on skype all day were leaders from NT: Sister

Shakespear, Elder Dickson and Elder Fiu, Sister Marshall, Elder Duckworth, Elder

MacDonald,  and from Mildura, Elder Bryner, and Elder Shortland and Elder Barfuss. 

Early the next morning we are at the airport to begin picking up new missionaries!  

First to arrive is Sister Wanichapong from Thailand.  So exciting and fun to get to know

Her while we are waiting for more new missionaries!

Here they come!

Getting new missionaries is like Christmas!  

Wow does this make our day!  Arriving from Utah are Elder and Sister Miles on their

4th mission!!  they are amazing!  We are so grateful to have them accept the call to

Serve in the AAM.  Welcome Elder and Sister Miles.  Love you already!

Introducing Sister Cobbley from my home town of Pleasant Grove, Utah!  Welcome

Sister Cobbley!  so happy to have you here and grateful for your diligence to come serve 

The Lord in Adelaide.  How come I get a craving for a Tornado when I see you? Hehe

We love you!

Meet Sister Wanichapong from Bangkok Thailand.  Welcome to the AAM!  Great things are ahead

For this sister missionary.  WE love to receive happy missionaries!  Love you already.

We are so excited to introduce Sister Beijerling from Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. 

Miracles are in store for this wonderful new sister missionary.  Can’t wait to see all

The Lord has in store for you Sister Beijerling.  We love you.

And this is Sister Hayden-Smith from Bonogin, Queensland, Australia. Smiling and

Ready to go to work here in Adelaide-or Darwin?  We are thrilled to receive this

Great sister missionary.  We love you Sister Hayden-Smith.

Introducing Elder Maiava from Griffith, New South Wales, Australia. We welcome this

Wonderful missionary and can’t wait to see where the Lord will have him serve.  This is a 

Mission of miracles so get ready!  Love you Elder Maiava.

Blessed again!  

leavers cont.

Elder Rohlfing is not sure he is ready to part with this special tie.

Too late now:). One quick snip and its over!  How we love this great missionary.

Elder Rohlfing is a man of many talents which he shares so generously with all.  A 

Devoted Disciple of Christ who is loved by all. WE love you Elder Rohlfing and

Are so grateful for  your valiant service .  Miss you already.

Elder Hanley is next.  How can we say goodbye to this incredible missionary?!?!

Elder Hanley has been steadfast and immovable!A great leader in this mission and

A consecrated missionary in every sense of the word. Oh how we love you and

Treasure the time we have served together.

Love and miss you already Elder Hanley.  Forever in our hearts.

This is the incredible Elder Jugo from Malaysia. He is next to leave his tie!

We love this great missionary with all of our hearts.  Respectful, kind, happy, hard

Working, obedient, diligent and consecrated.  What more could we ask for.   Could 

We just clone you Elder Jugo??  We are so proud of you and love you always.

Our one and only missionary in the mission now from Korea-the legendary Elder Cho!

We are so grateful to have served with this great Elder.  A true gentleman, a diligent

Missionary and a true Disciple of Christ.  It has been our privilege to serve with you.

Love you always and forever. 

Thank you Elder Cho for leaving a part of you with us.  We love you so much.

Thank you for leaving a part of you behind in this mission.  We love each of you.

Singing our mission hymn one last time with these wonderful missionaries.

“Hark All Ye Nations” accompanied by Sister Rohlfing and choristered by Sister Lu.

Thankful  for this memorable evening together.